!['Maqam Constellation' at the Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg](http://www.johnfarah.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Screen-Shot-2018-06-15-at-4.42.05-PM-470x140.png)
A video from my concert at the Elbphilharmonie, the new Philharmonic building in Hamburg. “Maqam Constellation” is a meditative soundscape from my album “Time Sketches”, released…
![Queen of the Night. 8.5"x11", 2014. by John Kameel Farah www.johnfarah.com](http://www.johnfarah.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Queen-of-the-Night-web-e1408308476578-470x140.jpg)
This Taqsim, or improvisation, from my album “Between Carthage and Rome”, was released in early 2015. It is set in Maqam Huzam, a scale/mode used in Middle-Eastern music,…
![The Atonal Maqam - live improvisation @ Musideum, Toronto](http://www.johnfarah.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/JohnFarah-finalSMALL1--470x140.jpg)
The Atonal Maqam is a certain style of improvisation I’ve developed over the years. I love it because it feels like coaxing the piano into…
![live performance of "Jinju Dervish", Heilig Kreuz Kirche, Berlin](http://www.johnfarah.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Screen-Shot-2013-05-29-at-3.36.00-PM-470x140.png)
A live performance of Jinju Dervish from my 2009 album “Unfolding”, from a recording session in the Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche in Berlin, 2010. Also here is…